A rare wild sambar deer wandered onto the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and led to an accident involving a motorcycle, a car and a taxi in the early morning on Sunday, June 17.

Wild deer seriously injured

A dashcam video footage uploaded on social media showed the injured deer sitting in the middle of the road and struggling to get up.

The police were alerted at around 4.40am.

What happened?

According to The Straits Times, a 46-year-old taxi driver was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital after suffering cuts on his head.

His injury was the result of the motorcyclist trying to avoid the deer, which prompted the car and taxi drivers to apply their emergency brakes.

The Land Transport Authority later posted a tweet warning motorists to avoid the affected lanes due to an accident.

Accident on BKE (towards PIE) after Mandai Rd Exit. Avoid lanes 1, 2 and 3

— LTATrafficNews (@LTAtrafficnews) June 16, 2018

Deputy chief executive Kalai Vanan from Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) said that due to the large size of the deer, a team from the Wildlife Reserves Singapore was alerted.

A team was able to safely contain the injured animal at about 7.30am.

A cloth was placed over the deer's eyes to calm it down.

The deer, which weighs about 150kg, was unlikely to survive.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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Previous accidents

Sambar deer have been involved in other road accidents before.

In February this year, a sambar deer died after it was hit by a vehicle in Mandai Road.

It eventually stumbled to a grass patch at the side of the road, where it died.

Earlier in January, a sambar deer was caught on video dashing across Mandai Road in a split-second appearance.

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